What's up with the fields of this double eagle?
erwindoc
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Is this old putty? I cannot quite tell. Its straight graded in an older holder.
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Reminds me a little of seawater etching, but patchy and not as uniform. I can’t tell if it’s environmental damage or residual schmutz of some kind.
"Residual Schmutz!" would be a great name for a rock band!
it doesn't look like the usual putty i've seen on gold coins.
there is a chance it is some odd lighting since a luster band would be diagonal across the coin like that.
Looks like the way it was lighted and photographed. It may have putty but I don't see it in that pic.
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I do not know of gold issues, but as a nongold collector it appears to me to have been puttied long ago and since has had a harsh cleaning.
Jim
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It does not look like the putty on gold coins that I have seen. You can also check with an ultraviolet light. Sometimes will show stuff up. Cheers, RickO
So what is the grade on the holder?
My first impression it’s rather baggy but could it have been harshly cleaned also? Is this a details coin?
you might have something there capt. just saying
Just looks lightly cleaned IMO.
Dave
MS64
Could just be from mishandling as well.
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It looks like a surface issue that would probably dip off, looks a little like putty to me. I never had an old holder $20 downgrade after an acetone dip to remove surface substances.